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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-01

divinities which personify the sources Of
Englands greatness On one side Indus
try and Agriculture ON the other
Science, Literature and Art Over
Britannias head the winged figures
represent the year 1887 (advancing) and the
year 1887 with averted face. Each holds a
wreath, and in the arc measured by their
interlock are the letters V. R. l. for Victoria
Regina let Victoria, Queen and
Empress" On the other side the inscription
appears in full around the bust Of the queen
on some of the medals, while on others the
full inscription is "Victoria Del Gratia Britt
anniarum Regina Fidei Defensor.' The issue
of the medals, of the old coins as improved
and of new coin, the double form began
June 81.
We also present cut showing the scene
on the occasion of the first opening of par
lament in her reign.
Her coronation did not take place till a
year after-on the 2sth of June, 1888. In
various parts Of the British empire, especially
in India, tbs jubilee festivities have already
been in progress for some time, and it is an
odd instance of the contradictions in human
nature that the Hindoos excluded their
women entirely from any part in the per-
formances, and only allowed few To be
present under protest, and In secluded posi-
tons, though celebrating the reign Of q
woman ruler. The festivities at various
points in India are held at different dates,
thus allowing the attendance Of the queens
official representatives at the successive cere-
/ monies
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Wendell Phillips on Nihilism.

In Russia there is no press, no debate, no
explanation of what government does, no re-
monstrance allowed, no agitation OF public
issues. Dead silence, that which reigns at the
summit of Mont Blanc, freezes the whole
empire, long ago described as "a despotism
tempered by assassination" Meanwhile, such
despotis1n has unsettled the brains Of the
ruling race, as unbridled power doubtless
made some of the twelve Caesars insane-a
mailman, sporting with the lives and comfort
OF 100, OOO,O 900 Of men The young girl whispers
in her mothers ear, under a celed roof, her
pity for brother knouted and dragged half
dead into exile for his opinions The next
week she is stripped naked and foggod to
death in the public square. No inquiry, no
explanation, no trial, no protest; one dead,
uniform silence, the law of the tyrant Where
Is there ground for any hope Of peaceful
change, the fulcrIm upon which you can
plant any possible evsri
Machiavellis sorry picture Of poor human
nature would he fulsome hattery II men could
keep still under such oppression. No, mol
In such a land dynamite and the dagger are
the necessary and proper substitutes for
Faneuil hall and The Daily Advertiser. Any
thing that will make the mailman quake in
his bedchamber and rouse his victims into
reckless and desperate resistance. This is the
only view an American. the child Of 1890 and
l776, can take Of nihilixm Any other unset
ties and perplexes the ethics Of our civtliza-
tion--Harvard College address, June 80, ISL
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GEN. PAINE's YACHT.

was brisk whole sail breeze and
everything was favorable for a good
test. OF the six races in which the
Genesta participated only four can be re-
garied as afforiing a fair opportunity for
comparing the speed of the two boats. In
one of these the Thistle beat the Genesta 10
minutes. in another 25 minutes, and in an
other 10 minutes ~ seconds. while in one the
Genesta beat the Thistle minutes 81 seconds.
In these four races, then, the Thistle proved
herself to he on an average 10 minutes IL
seconds faster than the Genesta Even
if the races Of May 20 and 80 be in
cluded, which would be manifestly unfair
for purposes of comparison, the average
speed Of the Scotch cutter is only
II minutes II seconds greater than that OF
the English one. fair Idea Of the difference
between the speed Of the Puritan and
made by them in the trial races Of 1856 In
the first of these contests Gen. Paines hand
some craft covered the course 3 minutes 81
seconds quicker than the Puritan, and in the
second 8 minutes A seconds quicker, and
altogether showed herself to be minutes 40
seconds faster on the average II, then, the
Puritan is minutes 2S seconds faster than
the Genesta, and the Mayhower is minutes
90 seconds faster than the Puritan, 1t Is the
easiest sort of mathematics to add these
figures together and thereby show that the
Mayfower is IA minutes seconds faster than
the Genesta, which has already been shown to
be only 10 minutes IL seconds slower than the
Thistle II this reasoning is approximately
correct, last years successful Americas cup
defender is nearly minutes faster than this
years challenger, and may safely be relied
upon TO save it again.
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would have cut no figure In those days
Girdles were conspicuous adjuncts OF
the toilets in the Middle Ages, and
were often made of the costlest mate
rails. Gold and precious stones orna-
mented them when they belonged to per-
sons Of high rank. Girdles are 'fn" now.
Tea gowns have ribbon ones, and they are
strung on every possible gown. Bernhardts
Roman costumes in Theodore" have given
them popularity. Girdles were worn low in
the Twelfth century. The form Of the girdle
indicated the subjugation of woman. If it
encircled the waist and had piece depend
ing therefrom, it signitied that the wearer
was bound to a man who had the right to
lead her about at will
In the earlier Middle Ages they never
pinched their waists. During the Eighth
and Ninth centuries they wore loosely fitting
robes which concealed the figure. In the
lower Roman empire the classic costume pre-
vailed.
Classic waists were never small. And to-
day, among some Of the more intellectual
women, there is a tendency TO return to
the 'big classic waist" and abjure the corset
altogether Poets are to blame for keeping
up the interest In slim waists. They are AL
ways rhyming about them Even Tennyson
in "The Miller's Daughter" says:
And would be the girdle
Round her dainty, dainty waist
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American continent. That locomotive Yves
called Rehert Flu :On and was aft ward
changed to j, I'm Bull, whtc She was Ameri-
canized = putting forward trucks undci he'.
t. improve. ITS IN pt'o:lvd trc: C.rcu-
lar engine house; large feared tJrn able,
hot water reservoir, increasing locomotive
capacity system of fitting wheels and axles
to gauges and putting them on by pressure
without keys and seals. "See pioneer hand
cars, first used by the inventor and his ap-
prentices to run to trout brooks and hunting
grounds on the line of the railroad then
adopted for the purpose of running dispatches
before the day of telegraphs, and for the use
of road hands. See housing of locomotives,
steam connections for pumps to protect them
from freezing, and to make water from snow.
See locomotive snow plows with side wings,
and series of scrapers and spring poles to
clean track of snow and ice.'
"See note on snow pillow. Not until 1880 was n
snow pillow constructed and successfully intro
duced on the Utica and Schenectady railrond. \
drawing Of it was procured and taken to Austria
by the chief engineer Of the Vienna railroad in
the spring Of 1871 full description of it was
sent to the Russian and Prussan governments by
Chevalier Van Gousner the engineer of the st.
Petersburg railroad. y model was prepared at
the order Of Col. Meenkoff Of the Russian Engi-
neer Corps, and one was ordered by the king of
Prussia through the minister at Washington,
and one for the emperor Of Austria by one of the
professors in Union college at Schenectady. All
of which were forwarded by David Matthew, the
inventor and interduser and chiefe locomotive e1-
gineer and machienus Of the Utica and Science
tady railroad"
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stranger Than Fiction.

Something occurred in a South Side avenue
house the other night that in fiction would not
be considered singular but which in actual life
indeed seems strange A man was awakened
by sounds in his room. He was soon satisfied
there was a man in the room, and sitting up
in bed he cried out:
"Who's therer
sob, lie still, you ---," replied q
gruff voice
The man was startled when he found there
was robber in the house, but he was more
startled when he recognized the thiefs voice
"Jere, is that youf" he asked.
The reply was the glare OF dark lantern
upon him. In another moment the gas was
lighted, the thief was sitting ON the edge OF
the bed, and two schoolInates Of years age
were talking over old umea-Chicago Til
buna
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IT, IT, E5|l a. 81 G|51
GO VI e
BROTHER JONATHAN.

Mr.. Matthew then gives sketch of the
train first run by him on the Mohawk and Hud-
son River railroad, Aug. s. 1881. This is the
one with which the public was made familiar
at the centennial by the sketch Of locomotive
and four coaches, in one of which Thurlow
Weed is to be seen. Each of the party wore
high hat, and the engine wore the first cab
ever put on an engine. David Matthew, en-
gineer; John Hampson, acting fireman.
The next sketch is of the first train drawn
by an English built engine in America, Mo
hawk and Hudson River railroad, September,
1881. John Harpson, engineer; John Green,
fireman. 1t is labeled second cab," and has
big barrel on the tender for water.
Next comes Mr.. Matthew's special pride,
the first engine to run on trucks, the Brother
Jonathan, American built engine, Mohawk
and Hudson River railroad, August, 1882.
Upon this sketch Mr.. Matthew inscribes
these words: Built in West Point Foundry
Works in 1882. David Matthew, engineer;
John Mills, fireman" Mote
1882, ran the Brother Jonathan over the NJ
and H. X. r, from head West Plain TO head
East Plain, fourteen miles, In thirteen min
utes. She has run mile in forty five sec
onds, See, there was some fly in her. Drawn
at San Francisco, June, 1885, by the old boy.
See him in first cab."]
The next sketch gives the Hudson river at
Albany, with a packet boat bringing the
passengers for the railroad, which Is traced
up the inclined plane west
The old engineer then depicts Schenectady
as the birthplace Of many Improvements In
railroads and locomotives, and the head OF
West Plain, one mile from that city, as the
spot where the first English built engine was
put ON track and drew train Of cars on the
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yacht will draw about thirty feet with it
down
Though the Atlantic's bow lines were called
straight these lines Of Gen. Paine's boat are
straighter. To the eye the lines are as sharp
as the letter V. Abaft the shoulders, how
ever, she has more concavity than any of the
other yachts. But the inward curve begins
far below the water line. This method af-
fords great beam at and for several feet below
the water line, reduces the aggregate displace-
ment and places the ballast carrying area
much farther down than it has ever been
placed before in the sloop or beamy style of
boat. Great increase of speed is expected
from economy of displacement, increase Of
stability and hence more sail carrying power.
Her dimensions in comparison with those
of the other big sloops is shown by the fow-
lowing table:
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THE STERN.

from center to
center The reverse frames measure 21a by
219 inches, and are of quarter inch
metal. The plates are of steel, and
The boats spars were made in Boston.
where she will be rugged. Her sails are in
process of making In New York. The length
Of her spars and her sail area have not yet
been made public.
And now for q race with the Thistlel
And, by the way, there is much less fear Of
the Thistle on the part of American yachts
men, now that her qualities are somewhat
known, than there was some time ago. Read
what The New York Tribune says under the
head, Dead Against the Thistle:
The great Scotch cutter has now appeared
in seven races, and has won five of them on
actual time. In six OF these races she has had
the Genesta as competitor, and twice
reached the finishing line behind Sir Richard
Suttons cutter. AS the sailing qualities Of
the Genesta have been tested by American
yachts, it is not difficult matter to make
comparisons between her performances in
her contests for the Americas cup and in her
brushes with the Thistle, and in that way
roundabout though it may be-make fair
estimate Of the relative speed Of the Clyde
built wonder and the Americas champion,
the Mayflower. In her maiden race from
Southend 10 Harwich on May rs the Thistle
had remarkable run of luck and finished a
minutes ahead of the Genesta The
forty-five mile race OF Harwich on May 30
was another auke the fog being 80 dense that
the yachts We're unable to find the turning
buoys The Thistle was defeated on this
OCCASION the Genesta getting home II
minutes ahead of her and the Irex
beating both. The first fair trial the cup
challenger had was on May 81 from Harwich
to Southend. and then she finished first and
beat the Genesta ten minutes. The day was
q splendid one for sailing, the wind blowing
steadily from the east and the sea being
smooth 1t was one OF the fastest races ever
sailed over the course, the winning boat COW
ering the fOrty-fve miles in 5h., I'm and
10s. On the next day the same easterly wind
and generally favorable conditions prevailed
and the Thistle led the racing feet over
the Thames fifty mile course, from Lower
Hope to Mouse lightship and return, this time
finishing twenty five minutes before the Ge-
nesta. Sir Richard Sutton's boat was called
back 9 crossing the line before the starting
gun , fred for the run over the Thames
course on June and stayed out of the race,
but she was on hand June 1, when the course
was from the More TO Dover, and beat the
Thistle Am. 81 sec. In her last race,
over forty-four mile triangular course off
Dover on June 6. the Scotch flyer again made
a good showing and finished 10 minutes
40 seconds ahead Of the Genesta There
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JUBILEE MEDAL

Justice and in her left the symbol Of a rule
extending around the world The lions pro-
jecting from behind the throne and the
minor carvings at its foot also typify British
power. In front and little to Britannias
right reclines Mercury, the classical god Of
commerce. He was also the god Of thieves,
but that was only Greek and Roman sar-
casm and does not count in the medal) He
holds up a cup heaped with gold, symbol
izing the wealth commerce has brought to
England. Opposite him sits the genius Of
electricity and steam Below are five shields
typifying the five grand divisions Of the
earth and the British possessions in them.
On each side of the throne are the classical
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lReverse.D

appurtenauces, while the reverse retains the
design of St George and the dragon, as fixed
in the reign of George " after the design of
Pistrucci This is also the reverse of the
double sovereign and crown piece When
the early Christians condemned George Of
Cappadocia for Incorporating their funds
they little thought he would become their
patron saint and his image adorn The largest
coins of the greatest empire of modern times
But it is very appropriate, us he was money
maker Minor coins which now bear on the
reverse a simple wreath surrounding the
figures, will henceforth bear the royal arms,
crowned and surrounded by the garter.
The jubilee medal is of more elaborate de
sign. On the face is the portrait Of the
queen, crowned and wearing the Victoria
and Albert 'order,n az well as the badge of
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-01
EARLY LOCOMOTIVES.
DAVID MATTHEW, WHO RAN THE
FIRST ONE IN NEW YORK.

He Is still Living, and Resides in Cali
fornia-His Life on the Rail and the
Quaint Drawings He Has Made of the
Old Engines,
When person considers that the country
is fairly gridironed with railroad tracks, that
the locomotive stands ready to take him to
nearly any point he may wish to reach; that
the continent can be crossed in less than a
week he can scarcely realize that the pas
senger locomotive is not yet sixty years old {;
that only two generations have enjoyed the
facilities it affords, and that the engineer who
ran the locomotive of the first passenger train
in New York state, David Matthew, still
lives.
Mr. Matthew is now residing in California,
and in appearance greatly resembles the gen.
eral whose portrait is found in every southern
home-Robert +. Lee.
Mr.. Matthew has devoted some time in his
declining years to preparing a series Of
sketches. in which he has depicted the evolu-
ton of the locomotive These sketches have
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THE TOM THUMB.

Second in world-Wylam T. Hackworth and T.
Walters 1911. R. Travithick patent, 1902 Wy
lam and Harrington railway, 1911. Drawing of
train with huntsmen and hounds.)
Third in world-Wylam, Timothy Hackworth
and J. Foster, 1912 Two cylinder locomotives,
train sixteen cars coal, chaldron coal In each
A number locomotives built at Wylam railway.
This established locomotives Wylam and Lam
ington railway, 1912.
Fourth. Blenkensop patent, 1911. Rack rail
and engine Middleton, near Leeds. Messrs. Fen
ton, Wood hurry g. Jackson, builders, Leeds. A
number of these locomotives used on Middleton
and Leeds railway and Kenten and Fawdown Col
Gery railway 1919 and 1918. Aug l2 1912 They
continued for many years to be one of the princi-
pal curosities of the day.
Mr.. Matthew then sketches the Stone
bridge Lion, crossing the west branch Of the
Lackawaxen river, on the Delaware and
Hudson Canal company's road, Honesdale,
Pa. OF it he says: ''Stonebridge Lion. II.
Allen, all alone, crossing river, Aug. s, 1929;
short run of u few miles, and then abandoned
no further use of locomotive on railroad; To-
connective housed for many years.
Next comes the locomotive Tom Thumb
which was run by Peter Cooper and party on
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, Aug IS,
1880.
Mr.. Matthew appends these remarks:
refer cooper, locomotive and party az Relay
house, on Baltimore and Ohio railroad, Aug 2S
1880. Peter abandons his locomotive engine, and
horses run the road to Ellcott Mill, on Baltimore
and Ohio railroad, Md.
He then gives "The first passenger train
hauled on q railroad in America, Charleston
and Hamburg railroad, S. c. The locomo-
tive Best Friend, speed thirty to thirty-ave
miles an hour, November /, 1880, J. D.
Petech, NJ NJ, N. w. Darrell, engineer.
June II, 1881, exploded boiler Nov. 8.
wheels gave out"
His picture bears IN addition this inscrip-
ton: "Drew this picture on 55th anniversary
of exhibiting Of Best Friend by Inc at West
Point foundry (where she was builp.r
The "Best Friend" and "West Point" also
run on the Central and Hudson River railroad,
were the two first engines made in America
They were built, the first for E. L. Miller, and
the second for II. Allen, at the West Point
foundry shops, New York city.
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THE SOURCES" OF DIVIDENDS.

THE SUBJECT FURTHER ILLUS 7 RATED.
The ways OF the Virginia agent when he
comes under the influence OF the Northwest
ern Mutual Life Insurance Company, strongly
resemble those OF Providence in their in
scrutability. In a late issue we illustrated the
penchant OF n firm of Norfolk agents to in
dulge in the easy and flowing style OF the
quack medicine advertisement. Then they
were Offering rewards to the extent of $3.50 for
every case that policy in the northwestern
would not cure.
Now the same firm has taken another step,
and are advertising their principal as prof.
cient in one of the main features of the taxid
el1nist's art. The newest literary production,
among other things, says;
Where the double dividends OF the North
western come from. The death loss to each
81 900 insurance was in 1855,
In The New York Lite Insurance Com. $1,000
In The Equitable Life. .......... 1910
In The Mutual Life of New York l4.1O
In The NORTHW ESTERN.. ............. $50
Average cost OF death rate in tour coInpan-
les first named, slS27H.
To each 81 900 of insurance the Northwestern
saved $500. which went to its policy holders
rs dividends.
"Saved" is rather mild word to describe
the operation of paying s5.07 less on each
Al, 900 of insurance than any one of four prom
inent companies; but the Northwestern seems
TO like it, and so we use it too, instead OF EN-
blowing the word which describes the first
process of the art OF taXidermy Insurance Is
an article that every man desires shall reach
his family intact and it cannot be great
qualification to be told in fiaring type that the
company who solcits his patronage intends
to save 1901 on each 900 OF insurance that II
carries. Even the famous "double dividend"
which has already been several times "called
in by telegraph" cannot make amends. II is
simply a payment that in any other company
would have been made in the second year OF
membership.
| But there is "another source" from which
the dividends OF the Northwestern Mutual Lie
Insurance Company are drawn, viz The for
teited, or partly forfeited reserves on lapsed
and surrendered policies. The following Ia
BILE shows the amount OF lapsed and surrend
cred policies in six great Lite Insurance com
panies and the sum per 81 200 paid by each in
$lSS6:
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Through the nine
teen local assemb-
lies this central or
ganization controls
$4,000 C rp e t
weavers Mr.. Nor
rison has been one
of tn 9 principal
factors in keeping
tn e independence
Of l26, recently sus-
pended because OF
differences W ii h
District Assembly
40. He is a bache-
lor, 81 years old,
his trade a loom
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In a sunday school,

The other Sunday a teacher in Maine
Sunday school had been telling her class
about Moses, dwelling at length upon his
character, and desiring to tfst their atten-
ton and memory she asked, "What kind OF
q child was Mosesfn All was silent for q mo
ment, when one little fellow answered up;
al think he was q boy, ma'am."-Bangor
Commercial.
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fixer or tuner. He has always been keenly
first union, the Amalgamated Engineers,
Machinists and Blacksmiths' association, more
than ten years ago. He now holds member
ship in seven organizations, and takes deep
interest In the Labor party in politics He
Joined the Knights Of Labor about ten years
ago and has held many offices in the order.
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GEN. PAlNE'S NEW YACHT.
A Craft Which II Is Hoped Will Be Able
to Beat the Thistle.

The new steel yacht built for Gen. Paine
at Wilmington, Del, is attracting much at
tention, and The New York World has just
secured illustrations OF the boat as here repro
duced- This yacht is built on entirely differ
ent lines from those Of the Mayhower and
Titana 1t has been compared to a floating
swordfsh, rakish and piratical looking
craft 1t is thought the new boat will he
very fast, though hers is an untried model
The keel Of the new boat consists of steel
plates curved to a trough like shape, into
which fifty tons Of melted lead was poured.
She will carry twenty tons of zig lead as
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London bridge and
muse on the decline
and fall of the
British empire"
The first change is
in the sovereign.
the gold coin cor
responding to the
pound sterling, and
worth 81 sos in
American money.
The face represents
the prpSpnt crown
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the Imperial order
Of the crown of In
dia-the whole de-
signed by the artist
Boehn. On the re-
verse is q very or
nate design by Sir
Frederic Leighton,
containing min Q
figures. On the
throne is Britain
MIA, In her right
hand the sword Of
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tenth century said
bodies took t h @
shape represented
by the accompany
ing picture Of Cath
crime de AIedicis.
II some of us had
been on hand would
we not have said:
"Take any shape
but that" Then,
\as now, male wit
lings expended
their humor upon
these = whalebone
prisons" In tn o
light of the present